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"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you'll go far." — Theodore Roosevelt I recently visited Jim and Linda Mackey on their 37th wedding anniversary. The two lovebirds live in Hobart. Linda is from the southeast side of Chicago and attended Bowen High School. She is of Italian-Polish descent. Jim was born and raised in Hobart, served four years in the Navy, was a steelworker for a while, a male model, amateur pilot, weightlifter, has a black belt in karate and is a retired cartoonist. He is currently doing the artwork for a children's book Linda is writing." Other than that, Jim Mackey has led a dull life. *** Did you go out for the football team...

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